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Trade listed as Plumber. DOB 3-8-95, born Forest. 5 foot 7 inches. Blue eyes, fair hair. Presbyterian. NOK Herbert Weatherdon. Annie Weatherdon, mother.(brother 928470 James Weatherdon) Enlisted Elora 5-1-16 (age 20 years 5 months). 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 5-2-16 incomplete, names missing from letter T to letter Z. On 153rd Nominal Rolls as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16 and 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion 15-12-17. Shrapnel wound right arm 5-4-18. Returned to Canada aboard SS Aquitania, Halifax, N.S. 18-1-19. Demobilized London 19-2-19. Notation on file, died 30-6-55, cause not listed, not war service related. Buried Pinehill United Church Cemetery, Thedford. Headstone photo: CanGenWeb Project. NOK Mrs. M. Weatherdon, Thedford, Ontario. Photo ph23947 courtesy Wellington County Museum & Archives. File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10170 - 14, courtesy Library & Archives Canada. |